New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-30
THE THEATRES.
GOSSIP OF THE WEEK.

when she left New York at the close OF long and
harassing engagement. You see," said she, have
no rehearsals to bother and wear out now, and
that makes all the difference In the world. do not
feel the fatigue of acting at all and am generally
almost "a we'll at the end of season as at the begin
nng IL Is the constant strain of getting produc-
ton which wears out. We have had on the whole %
fortunate beginning to our travelling season. Tho
oston critics completely reversed the verdcts of their
New-fork brethren on fDaniea and Les Chouans'
The5 pitched into the latter and praised the former
but the Iubhc agreed with the New-Yorkers and
h0cked 10 Les Chouans, leaving 'Daniela severely
alone. Personally EMO yed my stay in Boston ex-
tremely ! think, though that it is getting and
Cn YORK in h every year t 1t tar onis trips
nre very nice and clever into the bargain. Outside
Boston we have found the business good in the smaller
Orange and next week 90 to Philadelphia returning
here In two weeks to I'll our Brooklyn engagement.
by the way, have not engaged Mr. Gilmour to play
Antony IN a revival OF Antony and Cleopatra as
was reported We did think of rcviving this play and
nrdgy think goTITfoIs spectacular production but
been decided upon. / shall continue my Yew-York
reportory, having added FrOu-Frou' to II. It has
gone excelently where We have played It and Barry
more Is quite hit IN IT, am satisfied that my idea OF
having strong stock company, and not putting myself
forward as star has proved successful. Next
think we shall reap the fruits OF the seed have
sown this year. have made arrangements for next
year but many OF my company will doubtless remain
with me-"
When Miss Dauvray decided TO lay aside Mr..
Towards unfortunate play and produce Masks and
Faces she made up her mind to give the piece his
torcaly correct setting possible. She had already
stepped herself in all the procurabe literature bearing
upon the central figure In Charles Reade's play and on
the epoch during which the action takes place. POr-
traits in the form OF engrayngs procured,
and books OF costume and contemporary engravings OF
interior and exterior studied The scenery,
which has been painted by Philip Goatcher from we'll
studied models. affords opportunity for extreme
gorgeoisness One Interior however. Is mentioned as
hein tta and
scenes rely on their close fidelity to nature and
realistic tashoning for their eject. In costume Miss
Danvray has taken especial pains to secure accuracy
well ns picturesquencss. The c0stumer has been
occupied entirely these dresses for the past two
weeks. and stus of terrifying prices being used in
their manufacture. The real Wellington had weak
ness not unshared by others OF her SEX for fine laces.
Taking this fact hint Miss Dauvray will exhibit In
some OF the dresses she wears ellington" some
real old point laces.
A. G. Gunter, tho playwright has just completed
comic opera with which he expects to make hit, and
is already making arrangements for bringing 1t out
The music ia to be supplied by Edgar s. Kelley, who
made Oh the Pacific Coast by his |" Macbeth
music. Mr. Gunter said Yesterday: In all my lite
never heard such music as kelley's Macbeth DO
not believe thsre was ever such battle music produced
rs Kelleys batte-soene music. My comic opera will
require great deal Of money for the settingnOt less
than 10000. shall not bring it out this season I'M
less can get the right place for it,
Arrangements recently completed whereby Nat
c. Goodwin will on Thursday, February TO- appear
at the Elks' Benefit In boston, without inter-
ferng with his New-York Jerformance at tho Bijou
Opera House lie will leave Now York at II o'clock
Wednesday night in a special car with his entire
company and reach Boston in time for breakfast. At
halfpast 10 they will appear at the Boston Theatre
IN Turned Up" and nj o'clock they will start on
their return journey. reaching New-iork at o'clock
Thus they will be enabled to appear usual in the
evening after IA ring travelled over 800 miles within
twenty six or twenty seven hours.
John T. Raymond has almost dropped " The Ma gis
trate" Sellers and For Congress from his
repertory so succe ssful does he find " The Woman
Halter rs an attraction his audiences He considers
the Part his greatest since Colonel Sellers ond
the business done by it everywhere appears almost
phenomenal. During the Philadelphia engagement Of
two weeks tue orchestra were displaced on several
occasions to allow OF extra seats being put m Inc
stage manager there having statistical turn OF mind
set himself to work to count the number of laughs
INDUCED in by the audience whole lie Is said to
have counted li3 of which Ia during the last
act which he further computed at the rate OF IVA
a minute. Should Raymond succeed in obtaining a
with The Woman Halter" which he considers would
easilv for n hundred nights at least. lie Is also
DESTROYS OF producing the new play OF The Gold
Nine" before referred to here, In which he has great
faith.
a miniature lighthouse stands on tor Of Walack's
Theatre and casts its colored rays down Broad
way while over the balcony in front three electric
lights with red white and blue globes. All this il TO
call the attention OF the public To tho melOdruua Of
- IIarbor Lights now being performed at this
theatre Theodore Moss was seen the other night
leaning against telegraph POLE and from the opposite
side Of the taking in the general effect. think
that's about as a novel al advertisement could
hnvc" said ho but after all, the best advertisement
the play is in the hJrsc itself Every one il delight
ed with the play except those who have lien
steady grumhling or course, 1t is not the finest OF
dramatic literature, but 1t Is most effective mco
drama and think the scenery equals anything we
have given you yet, and that Il saying great deal
expect shall the play for the balance Of the
season, though Mr. Walack has some plays both new
and old which he is anxious do this season. As for
myself believe IN sticking TO good thing when you
have got IT, aud, far as We can judge now, this is
ono OF that sort"
In A. VI. Palmcr's mail yesterday a letter bear
Ing the blue crossed mark OF registration. As he
opened it piece OF engraved banSnote paper lutterod
out. The letter was from Henry Irving ami in terms
OF characteristic goodieeng and courtesy conveyed
draft Tor $lOO to he applied to the Actors Fund
Monument. This work has lately been taken In hand
by the Editor, OF " The New-York Mirror" and has
been almost pushed 20 successful conclusion in the
space IA week or two The estimate Tor the erection
OF plain but imposing granite shaft on the burial plot
of the Actors Fund amounted to $500. Already
~ go has been subscribed and In another week tho
remainder VIII IN all probability bo handed in This
has been contributed in amounts varying from 90
cents to 500 md the bulk OF it from the actors
and actresses Themselves. The Actors Fund, by the
way, was never 30 prosperous. All this Seasons
benefits have been surprisingly successful, and while
unfortunate people have been relieved there
Is still q large balance In the treasury. plan tor
obtaining suitable building fer the of the Funds
members is now being agitited aud will probably be
pushed through before very long.
day or two ago Augustus PtOu, Mr. Mantclrs
manager returned from a trip to tho West. lo went
to look after the interests Of his other star the young
Irish comedian w. J. Seaman. | came back to
attend the final rchearsls OF The Marble Heart"
which we produce Monday night. | am entirely
satisfied with tho way it is going, and think Mantell
is going TO SURPRISE every one. We have mounted the
their parts Whoatcroit plays Vouse' Archie
Lindsay the 'Niscomte,' Eleanor Carey Marco
and Louisa Edrdge Nine Duchatlet.' When we
leave here we shall return, course, to Tangled
Lives with which l could easily have run out the
se9son at this theatre Next season, expect, will be
triumphant one Tor Mantell. lie will have larger
repcrtory, In which We have some idea OF including
Othelio though at present it Is n nero idea"